And no one is going to do a damn thing about this because the US is not a nation of laws anymore.

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    The ruling outlined that official duties includes pretty much everything he does while president, unless he explicitly states it’s not in his capacity as president or for national interests, which he won’t do in court, so effectively, yes, he has complete immunity. The “official” part is just a fig leaf to give the ruling the appearance of jurisprudence.

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      KKKaroline in one of her recent briefings said that basically he’s doing this in his personal time, and is unrelated to his presidency. They can probably use that 🤷 not that they will though

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      Sure, but this is about him using the seal in a non-official capacity. Either it’s legal because it’s an official duty, in which case he doesn’t need immunity, or it’s illegal because it isn’t an official duty, in which case he isn’t immune.

      Again, nothings going to happen with this regardless. I’m just stating what’s going on.

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        Sure, but this is about him using the seal in a non-official capacity.

        Why cant he say that he was speaking officially as the president of the US? He was discussing economics. He wasn’t talking about his meme coin.

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          As I said, he can, in which case it’s legal. Normally a president would have to argue that, but we’re well past that point.